Comments on: Gianna Jessen and Jonah: Two lessons in God’s sovereignty http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/gianna-jessen-and-jonah-two-lessons-in-gods-sovereignty/ reflections on life, death, and everything in between Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:35:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: humanitasremedium http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/gianna-jessen-and-jonah-two-lessons-in-gods-sovereignty/comment-page-1/#comment-1361 humanitasremedium Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:15:17 +0000 http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/?p=3588#comment-1361 Will do. hope you enjoy the Carson message as much as I did. Will do. hope you enjoy the Carson message as much as I did.

]]> By: Barry Wallace http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/gianna-jessen-and-jonah-two-lessons-in-gods-sovereignty/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 Barry Wallace Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:31:52 +0000 http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/?p=3588#comment-1348 Thanks for visiting and taking time to comment. I'm actually browsing around your site right now, downloading the Carson lecture. I'd love for you to bookmark this page, come back when you're finished with your study of Jonah, and share some of your thoughts. Thanks again! Thanks for visiting and taking time to comment. I’m actually browsing around your site right now, downloading the Carson lecture.

I’d love for you to bookmark this page, come back when you’re finished with your study of Jonah, and share some of your thoughts.

Thanks again!

]]> By: humanitasremedium http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/gianna-jessen-and-jonah-two-lessons-in-gods-sovereignty/comment-page-1/#comment-1347 humanitasremedium Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:24:37 +0000 http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/?p=3588#comment-1347 thanks for the thoughts on jonah. my wife and i are working through the book right now. thanks for the thoughts on jonah. my wife and i are working through the book right now.

]]> By: Barry Wallace http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/gianna-jessen-and-jonah-two-lessons-in-gods-sovereignty/comment-page-1/#comment-1329 Barry Wallace Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:23:46 +0000 http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/?p=3588#comment-1329 Those are good questions, Derek. I think I would lean more toward saying it was just God's raw sovereignty at work, without Jonah's cooperation or consent. As I understand irresistible grace, God changes our heart and overcomes our innate resistance to his purposes; that never seems to happen with Jonah. Those are good questions, Derek. I think I would lean more toward saying it was just God’s raw sovereignty at work, without Jonah’s cooperation or consent. As I understand irresistible grace, God changes our heart and overcomes our innate resistance to his purposes; that never seems to happen with Jonah.

]]> By: theoparadox http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/gianna-jessen-and-jonah-two-lessons-in-gods-sovereignty/comment-page-1/#comment-1328 theoparadox Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:44:04 +0000 http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/?p=3588#comment-1328 Barry, Those are good thoughts, and worth pondering. I wonder if the entire Jonah story is an illustration of irresistible grace? It seems that in Jonah's prayer (chapter 2), he finally comes to the point of submitting to God's will. Yet, even then, he doesn't quite reach the place where he LOVES MERCY (as the end of the story shows). So, maybe it's not irresistible grace, after all. Maybe it's just God's raw sovereignty at work, with or without man's cooperation and consent. Of course, we don't know how it ended for Jonah. Maybe he did get the point after it was all said and done. As is typical of so many Biblical stories, that part is left in the realm of the unknown. It's almost as if God is saying, "Here's what I did. People can learn from this. Some will, some won't. But the important part is what I did." And if we do learn from these things, we discover sooner or later that it was God who did that part, too. Blessings, Derek Barry,

Those are good thoughts, and worth pondering. I wonder if the entire Jonah story is an illustration of irresistible grace? It seems that in Jonah’s prayer (chapter 2), he finally comes to the point of submitting to God’s will. Yet, even then, he doesn’t quite reach the place where he LOVES MERCY (as the end of the story shows). So, maybe it’s not irresistible grace, after all. Maybe it’s just God’s raw sovereignty at work, with or without man’s cooperation and consent.

Of course, we don’t know how it ended for Jonah. Maybe he did get the point after it was all said and done. As is typical of so many Biblical stories, that part is left in the realm of the unknown. It’s almost as if God is saying, “Here’s what I did. People can learn from this. Some will, some won’t. But the important part is what I did.”

And if we do learn from these things, we discover sooner or later that it was God who did that part, too.

Blessings,
Derek

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